Re: using kernel-image-2.4.18-686, how to get rid of 5 seconds to enter shell at boot message?

2002-09-19 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 02:12:40PM -0400, Travis Crump wrote: > I was also never able to figure out what you could do with it anyway. From what I understand, this allows you to move around in the initrd image, in other words, the initial root. You could probaby trojan some kerenl modules somehow

using kernel-image-2.4.18-686, how to get rid of 5 seconds to enter shell at boot message?

2002-09-19 Thread Walter Tautz
just curious since it allows anyone to get a root shell with getting prompted for a root passwd. Also if one hits enter and then exit it fails to mount the root fs, VFS error occurs. NOTE this does not happen if the kernel is allowed to boot normally. walter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI